Played around more last night with the build in both Group and Solo play. After a lot of tweaking, I found the following to be the best combo for survivability in group play, and quickness of clearing in solo: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#akVgdQ!ZWeS!aZZYYa
The Addition of Punish (Roar) not only adds the 15% block, but the 45% AoE you do with each block is amazing in large mob packs. It also helps out a ton for those situations where you are low on Wrath and don't have health globes nearby.
I Chose Consecration (Desecrated Ground) for the added healing, and of course nice AoE damage.
Steed Charge (Nightmare) serves as much for mobility as it does damage. I use it mid-fight to run through packs, laying down fire while picking up globes.
Playing with a Leap Barb, Pull Monk, and Jade Doctor last night was super fast clearing, almost zero deaths all night. I also found a Unity finally and did some easy-breezy T6 Bounty runs (just to see what all the Hype was about with Unity). I must say... it really does make T6 seem as easy as T4.
Few comments for ya. Overall, not a bad build / Guide. Probably just a typo, but leggings only roll 2 sockets max. I run a similar setup as fire, and prefer Lidless Wall for my shield for the bonus Elemental, and attack speed.
Also, a nice option for people to use instead of grandeur / Aughild's is Unity + Reaper, and have all 6 piece equipped. Some people don't like the whole Unity / Follower trick for solo play, but even in group play Unity would give you the same bonus elite damage of Aughild's (obviously less damage reduction), and reaper wraps keep your wrath up without needing Shield Glare. That would open up a spot for Steed, Falling Sword or even Consecration.
Falling Sword offers very nice mobility (including escaping), Consecration gives decent healing while dishing out damage, and the rest is pretty self-explanitory. I play almost exclusively in group settings, often with another crusader while we finish gearing our current sets, and found the Darklight Build to be one of the best I've tried since 2.0.5. I'd test the Holy build more if I had the right gear for it.
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The Addition of Punish (Roar) not only adds the 15% block, but the 45% AoE you do with each block is amazing in large mob packs. It also helps out a ton for those situations where you are low on Wrath and don't have health globes nearby.
I Chose Consecration (Desecrated Ground) for the added healing, and of course nice AoE damage.
Steed Charge (Nightmare) serves as much for mobility as it does damage. I use it mid-fight to run through packs, laying down fire while picking up globes.
Here's my profile so you can see my gear is nice, but not amazing: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Leland-1340/hero/43500104
Playing with a Leap Barb, Pull Monk, and Jade Doctor last night was super fast clearing, almost zero deaths all night. I also found a Unity finally and did some easy-breezy T6 Bounty runs (just to see what all the Hype was about with Unity). I must say... it really does make T6 seem as easy as T4.
Happy Hunting!
Also, a nice option for people to use instead of grandeur / Aughild's is Unity + Reaper, and have all 6 piece equipped. Some people don't like the whole Unity / Follower trick for solo play, but even in group play Unity would give you the same bonus elite damage of Aughild's (obviously less damage reduction), and reaper wraps keep your wrath up without needing Shield Glare. That would open up a spot for Steed, Falling Sword or even Consecration.
For fire, I use this setup for max AoE: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/crusader#kQhgfd!ZeSW!ZaaYbY
Falling Sword offers very nice mobility (including escaping), Consecration gives decent healing while dishing out damage, and the rest is pretty self-explanitory. I play almost exclusively in group settings, often with another crusader while we finish gearing our current sets, and found the Darklight Build to be one of the best I've tried since 2.0.5. I'd test the Holy build more if I had the right gear for it.
Cheers!